Recently I've noticed a lot of what appears to be bootlegged "limited edition" vinyl popping up in the Amoeba record store near me. Not like, buried in the racks, but even put on the display shelves. Anyone know what's up with this? So far I've seen Section80, Reflection Eternal, Black On Both Sides, 1999, Yeezus, Black Star and a couple others I can't remember. They all have a similar aesthetic with kind of "faded," unofficial looking versions of the artwork (like a shitty copy job), GIANT parental advisory posts and a the same "LIMITED EDITION" typed on them. For a split second I was stoked to see Black Star on vinyl but immediately realized something was off about it. I don't know. Seems odd.

incredible bad artwork, especially the black star, if you compare it to the og-version. i wonder how bad the sound quality on these is

Every 2 weeks I like to browse hhv.des pre order section and when I saw those re-issues and what not, I was very skeptical. That "UK Label" also released Frank oceans Channel Orange, Commons Dreamer, Believer and other albums. There releases are fairly cheap, but I never bought one. I dont expect a good sound at all.

Every 2 weeks I like to browse hhv.des pre order section and when I saw those re-issues and what not, I was very skeptical. That "UK Label" also released Frank oceans Channel Orange, Commons Dreamer, Believer and other albums. There releases are fairly cheap, but I never bought one. I dont expect a good sound at all.

The Dreamer, Believer part is weird since it has an official vinyl release.

Interesting. I've also seen promo mixtapes/ street albums (whatever you want to call them) at retail stores like FYE and Best Buy. Some people are so out of tune with things that they pay for these projects, which are readily available online for free as initially intended. I wonder how they get away with this practice though. When you consider that mixtapes are largely remix-based and/ or contain unlicensed beats, how do retail stores get away with putting a bar code on these?

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 07:07 AM

I still have MiniDiscs laying around home (yeah we own the MD player too), anyone got them as well??

I have got a vinyls all over our place (well my dad does, since he was a DJ), but unfortunately there are no such record stores here that sell vinyl really anymore. I'd love to do some digging, would feel way more 'natural' than ordering them from off the internet but eh, sometimes you're not left with much of a choice.
Luckily the people over here haven't thought of bootlegging them...